Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1908 — HONEY CASES. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HONEY CASES.

Improvement In Shipping Box Desired by Honey Man. In handling shipping cases of sections for sale, I find the cover as at present made very unsatisfactory, slipping out of place unless nailed after selling every single section; and for my own personal use I took two pieces

and nailed on the front and back, each having a ship-lap as shown. Then the middle piece is ship-lapped, and slides to and fro, forming a tight cover that holds in place however much the case is moved about Although I do not use a wedge in my cases, writes the correspondent of Bee Culture, I found some difficulty in removing the first section, but overcame that by putting a thick piece of cartridge paper around one section, with the ends upward long enough to catch hold of, and lift the section out Directions could be printed on this paper. The difficulty might be overcome by letting the cover run from front to back instead of from end to end. Then the wedge could be removed easily; but the piece of paper for lifting out the first section, I think, should still be used.

Plan of Box.